Smoke-filter for cigarettes.



L. GOEN.

SMOKE FILTER FOR CIGARETTES.

' APPLICATION FILED 11111.25. 1911.

Patented Aug. 19, w13.

i er/ Be it known that I, LoUIs' 'UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE. N

LOUIS COEN, OF 'VICTOIL LONDONQENGLAND.

SMOKE-FILTER FOR CIGARETTES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented ug.. 19, 1913.. Applicationled April 25, 191.21. Serial No. 623,198.

To all lwhom zt may concern:

COEN, of 316 Vauxhall Bridge road, Victoria, London,

England, cigarette manufacturer, have inventedvnew and usefulImprovements /Relating to Smoke-Filters for Cigarettes; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being hadv to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention has reference to improve-V ments in or relating to meansfor filtering or purifying smoke passing through cigarettes, Vcigars andthe like and has for its object to do away to a large extent with theevils attending the habit of smoking.

In carrying my invention -into practice I employ a piece of linen orsilk as the'filtering medium which may be stiiened or not as desired andwhich'can'be inserted as adisk for example in such a manner that thesmoke must pass through same in order to enter the mouth. Means are,also provided whereby the linen or like filtering materialv is retainedin osition. In all forms of my invention the ter is placed abo t th(one' eighth) of an inch from the d of cigarette or cigar thuspreventing vthe juice of the tobacco from touching the tongue or lip.And in order that my invention may be readily understood and carriedinto efi'ect I will 'now proceed to describe the same fully for whichpurpose reference is to be had to the accompanying Vdrawings in whichFigure 1 isa sectional view of my invention as applied to cigarettes.Fig. 2 illustrates my invention as applied to cigars.

In allthe figures the parts are exaggerated in tsize in order to betterillustrate the invention.

. Referring now to the invention as shown` in Fig.' I a indicates thefilling of tobacco and b a cigarette paper which as shown envelops'thecardboard' mouth` piece c. The filtering material which may be of linenmouth piece by an appropriate instrumentV thus causing the filteringmaterial to take up the position shown in Fig. 2, the cardboard rlngacting to retain the fabric e in position. v

Of course itwill be understood that the arrangement above described maybe reversed that is to sa the ring d may be placed on the other side ofthe filtering ma terial'in which case the said'filteringmaterial willassume the reverse position as shown by the 'dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In applying my invention to cigars, an example of which is shown byFig'. 2 the fllingra is first' rolled and a cardboard tube c containingthe filtering medium e is then placedl over the end of the cigar. Theouter covering or leaf f is then arranged and serv'cured in positionthus vholding the mouth piece-containing the filter .securely in posi-4of a wrapper surrounding saidffiller and' projecting beyond the sameatthe mouth end, a tubular reinforcement held whollyl within theprojecting portion to Aleave a smooth unbroken exterior on said wrapper,

and a drum consisting of a ring covered on one end and the sides withfiltering fabric, Asaid drum bein positioned in said rein'- forcenentwith t e fabric in spaced relation to themouth end of the wrapper.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. LOUIS COEN. Witnessesr- RALPH CoEN,

BaAvrrr.

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